Castle Mountain Hut

On Goat Plateau, halfway up the south face of Castle Mountain west of Banff, is a small tin shack used by rock climbers. The hut boasts one of the most exhilarating views in the Rockies and is the perfect base for climbing classic 5.6 traditional routes, such as Brewer’s Buttress, Bass Buttress and Eisenhower Tower.

There are also many harder traditional routes on the walls both below and above the hut and many new routes waiting to be climbed. The hut sleeps six people and can be seen from the Trans Canada Highway as a small white speck on the sixth buttress from the east.